notes from the metro north

With the new house in CT comes a much extended commute on the metro north. The upside being that you can drink on the trains, so the trip home isn’t really that bad. The morning however is a bore. So I found the blackberry wordpress client and now I can update my blog from my phone. Yes its slow going, and I feel a slight cramping in my thumbs but hell at least I’m posting for a change!

Todays topic is actionscript 3 (as3).
I’ve been doing a ton of flash stuff at work lately so I’ve had a chance to dive deap into the mirky pool of as3 and oddly enough I’m starting to really enjoy it. To provide a bit of back story I have worked with flash here or there since the 90s but never found it to be that fullfilling. It always felt very design/animation centric which is cool but not really my bag. That being said as3 is a total game changer for me. Assigning classes to symbols and having a central document class makes me happy. There is something profoundly pleasing about opening up a fla full of flashy goodness and not haveing anything on the timeline. Not to mention it confuses the fuck out of designers lol. Annnnyway… Stay tuned as I will be posting a series of tips for as3 over the next few months.